Keyboard/mouse for Mac mini?

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Troll - 22 Jan 2005 03:21 GMT

I have little experience with Macs, so I thought I'd ask here: can the
Mac mini (or other Macs) use regular USB mice and keyboards, or do you
have to get ones specifically designed for Macs? $78 US for a genuine
Apple keyboard and mouse seems a trifle steep.

How about RAM and hard drives? If you wanted to swap out the HD on a mac
mini, would it accept any IDE hard drive, or are there compatibility
issues with this sort of thing?

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Bev A. Kupf - 22 Jan 2005 03:46 GMT

> I have little experience with Macs, so I thought I'd ask here: can the
> Mac mini (or other Macs) use regular USB mice and keyboards

Yes.

> If you wanted to swap out the HD on a mac
> mini, would it accept any IDE hard drive

2.5 inch laptop drive.

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Gregory Weston - 22 Jan 2005 12:36 GMT

> I have little experience with Macs, so I thought I'd ask here: can the
> Mac mini (or other Macs) use regular USB mice and keyboards, or do you
> have to get ones specifically designed for Macs? $78 US for a genuine
> Apple keyboard and mouse seems a trifle steep.

a) That's not the price for an Apple USB keyboard and mouse. They're $29
each.
b) You can use normal equipment. Part of the point is to sell to people
that already have other machines and thus have a keyboard, mouse and
display they can hook up to it.

> How about RAM and hard drives? If you wanted to swap out the HD on a mac
> mini, would it accept any IDE hard drive,

It's standard RAM. The HD is a 2.5" (notebook) drive.

> or are there compatibility issues with this sort of thing?

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livecam - 22 Jan 2005 20:47 GMT

I'll probably buy a kvm switch for mine, also plan on getting a large
firewire drive for speed. I'd leave the 2.5" internal drive alone. Can't
wait until it gets here!

>> I have little experience with Macs, so I thought I'd ask here: can the
>> Mac mini (or other Macs) use regular USB mice and keyboards, or do you
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> G

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Troll - 26 Jan 2005 05:02 GMT

>>I have little experience with Macs, so I thought I'd ask here: can the
>>Mac mini (or other Macs) use regular USB mice and keyboards, or do you
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> a) That's not the price for an Apple USB keyboard and mouse. They're $29
> each.

Sorry, I'd mixed up the dollars - the price on the Apple.ca is $78 CDN,
not US. Still pricey compared to good quality PC parts. Thanks for the info.

> b) You can use normal equipment. Part of the point is to sell to people
> that already have other machines and thus have a keyboard, mouse and
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>
> G

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Keyboard/mouse for Mac mini?